In one of my favorite classic movie speeches, which can be seen here in this Independence Day clip,
The president of the United States is forced to rally a group of people to prevent the human race from being annihilated by an alien threat.
The speaker employs some of the concepts of the relational leadership theory to inspire a group of people who are all probably in pretty low spirits. One tenet of this relationship theory that can be seen is Inclusiveness. The president takes the takes the ideal of the 4th of July holiday, the day that originally celebrated American independence, and deconstructed it. Instead of using the holiday as a symbol of national pride, he states that in the future it would be remembered as the day petty nationalism and politics were thrown out in favor of everyone banding together to defeat a common threat. this scene always hung with me for the way it encourages the listeners to look at the big picture, and convinces everyone to stand together as equals.
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